Entering the Guild: The Effects of Teacher Professional Community and Professional Development on New Teachers and Their Students

这项研究项目考察了参加各种类型的富含科学知识的专业发展活动以及与更大的科学教育工作者团体的联系对新手科学研究人员的科学知识、教学知识和课堂实践的影响。具体地说，该计划跟踪了不同的初学者、初中和高中科学教师及其学生参加通过探索馆提供的计划的人群。这些结果提供了关于专业发展方案中最有效地支持科学教师入职的特定组成部分的重要性的数据。该项目利用一个非正式的科学教育机构和一所研究型大学之间的合作来开展研究。

This research project examines the impact of participation in various types of science-rich professional development activities and affiliations with a larger science educator comunity on the science knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and classsroom practices of novice science researchers. Specifically the program follows a diverse population of novice middle and high school science teachers and their students as they participate in programs offered through the Exploratorium. The outcomes provide data regarding the importance of specific components of professional development programs that are the most effective in supporting the induction of science teachers. The project uses collaboration between an informal science education insitution and a research university to carry out the research.